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[quote="DavidLeodis"]When I saw the APOD title I thought the subject would be about the landforms on Mars that look a bit like faces.[/quote]
Nice thought! Such an APOD would be great!

I have looked up in google and found some astonishing images: [url=http://www.google.at/images?hl=de&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=face+on+mars&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=]klick here[/url].

It fascinates me how shaddows and mountain formations can create such images! :P

What a fascinating montage. Shame that Mars does not look that large to the naked eye, as it would be an amazing sight with a Full Moon also in view. The drawings of Mars do look like tiddlywinks (well they do to me!). :)

When I saw the APOD title I thought the subject would be about the landforms on Mars that look a bit like faces. :)

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Thanks bystander. That was the first post i tried doing and something did not go right and i could not figure it out so i gave up for a while.
For some reason when i tried posting again a little while ago, the Darn computer told me that beyond was already taken and i had to think up a new user name.
Do you happen to know where i have to hit the computer to be able to use my original user name?? thank you!

[quote="Astronut"]Pehaps you can be of more help and suggest how i can check out a user name to see if its actually being used, or if it is one that i first used a couple of years ago and i was just blocked by the computer from useing it again?? The user name is BEYOND. Thanks guys![/quote]
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Hey guys; thanks for being so helpful and pointing out things that i miss in the wee hours of the morning when i should have been in bed already.

Pehaps you can be of more help and suggest how i can check out a user name to see if its actually being used, or if it is one that i first used a couple of years ago and i was just blocked by the computer from useing it again?? The user name is BEYOND. Thanks guys!

[quote="Astronut"]There has to be more to Mars than meets the eye when 24 different people look at it throught a telescope and end up painting 24 different pictures of it.[/quote]
[quote="APOD Robot"]Arranged in a spiral pattern, the sketches are positioned to follow the planet's rotation.[/quote]
If you were to take 24 photos of Mars, one for each 15° of rotation, don't you think there would be 24 different views of Mars?

I like this idea! And Mars is definitely the best object for such paintings through a telescope.

My favourite image is the one by Pierre Desvaux. In my opinion, he got the colors as you would see them through a telescope.

[quote="Astronut"]There has to be more to Mars than meets the eye when 24 different people look at it throught a telescope and end up painting 24 different pictures of it.[/quote]
I agree with Astronut! But I think it's not a kind of mysticism but the different quality of our eyes.

There has to be more to Mars than meets the eye when 24 different people look at it throught a telescope and end up painting 24 different pictures of it.
Mars MUST have a very powerful Mystique to it. I wonder if it makes a difference if its oil or water color?

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